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ALPHALINER Weekly Newsletter 2009-Week 17
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DELIVERY UPDATES
Recent Deliveries
April 2009
Name Teu Operator
BELUGA NATION 474 N/A
CCL NINGBO 698 Centrans
O.M. UNDARUM 704 N/A
CSCL YOKOHAMA 907 CSCL
ALASKABORG 964 N/A
MARE 974 Contaz
VEGA AQUILA 997 N/A
EMPIRE 1,440 N/A
WARNOW MASTER 1,496 N/A
MAERSK WINDHOEK 1,708 Maersk
CSCL CALLAO 2,544 CSCL
CITY OF SHANGHAI 2,564 HMM
FESCO DIOMID 3,108 MSC
ZIM DALIAN 4,253 Zim
CPO PHILADELPHIA 4,255 H. Sud
RUDOLF SCHEPERS 4,256 K Line
COSCO FUKUYAMA 4,506 COSCO
ZIM ONTARIO 4,872 Zim
NYK REMUS 4,922 NYK
MOL EMERALD 5,087 MOL
APL WASHINGTON 6,966 APL
XIN DA YANG ZHOU 8,530 CSCL
HAMMERSMITH BR. 9,040 K Line
CMA CGM HYDRA 10,960 CMA CGM
The MOL EMERALD (5,087 teu) is delivered
Seaspan Corporation is to receive the 5,087 teu MOL EMERALD, first of four
units ordered at Hyundai H.I. in August 2006 with a 12 year commitment
with Japanese carrier MOL.
The MOL EMERALD will start her career on the MOL's intra Asia Japan-
Straits 'Super Express' 1 service (JSS 1 / CHS-1), on which she will become
the largest ship (this service is to be enhanced with a new set of larger
ships - See related news above).
CONTI ONTARIO (4,872 teu) joins Zim
German owner Conti Reederei has received the 4,872 teu CONTI ONTARIO
from Korean shipyard DSME (Daewoo - Okpo). She is managed by
Niederelbe Schiffahrt Buxtehude and is on long term charter to Zim as ZIM
ONTARIO. She will join the Zim’s ZCS pendulum in a couple of weeks. The
CONTI ONTARIO is the 12th unit of its type and the second of the series to
trade for Zim. The first ten vessels all trade for MSC. Some of these ships
were built in South Korea, whereas others originate from DMHI, DSME’s
Romanian yard at Mangalia. The CONTI ONTARIO follows the CONTI SAN
FRANCISCO, delivered in February. She will be followed by two more sister
ships built at DMHI for Singapore-based Seacastle, the APL OMAN and APL
QATAR.
CPO PHILADELPHIA (4,255teu) joins Hamburg Süd
German owner Reederei Claus Peter Offen (CPO) has received the CPO
PHILADELPHIA, third of ten 4,255 teu ships ordered at Hyundai H.I. by this
owner in April 2007. Six of them have been chartered by Hamburg Süd and
four by UASC. The CPO PHILADELPHIA is one of the Hamburg Süd units and
will sail as CAP HARRIETT. She is to perform a Far East-ECSA trip to join
the Med-ECSA service operated by Hamburg Süd, CMA CGM, CSAV, Maruba,
Zim and Niver Lines. The ship follows the CPO NEW YORK, delivered
earlier in January.
CITY OF SHANGHAI (2,564 teu) joins HMM
German owner Manfred Lauterjung has received the CITY OF SHANGHAI,
third of five ships of 2,564 teu ordered in September 2004 at the Xiamen
shipyard ('Xiamen 2500' series). The CITY OF SHANGHAI has joined her
charterer Hyundai M.M. for employment on the NYK / HMM service (New
Horizon Express – NHX).
The CITY OF SHANGHAI follows the CITY OF GUANGZHOU, delivered in
July. Nine ships of this design have been ordered so far : five by Manfred
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